My reaction was really to the results of the Royal Commission report on the mosque shootings, as this was the main news story which I assume Marty was referring to. This is one of my many 'obsessions', I guess going back to my ex's experiences here as a new New Zealander, a refugee and a muslim.
The main story for me was that the Government plans to implement all the recommendations of the commission. As an aside, the Prime Minister offered an apology to muslims. So 'I apologise' was not the story, and making it so sweeps a lot of
under the carpet, which was partly what the apology attempted to redress.
Seeing an apology from and to someone who isn't me as a symptom of something which somehow affects or even devalues me is a bit over the top.
It's that sweeping under the carpet which worries me the most, this can be used as a smoke-screen (sorry, mixed metaphors, and another apology) for continuing the status quo, and by 'status quo' I mean a real, deep and destructive level of racism in NZ.
CP -- I'll give you the dress, figuratively speaking:) But I don't see this as yet another symptom of some failure of humanity, this is just the way the media works. I skipped this 'story', it isn't news. There are enough genuine news stories for me, and the media isn't always delivering enough of these. Maybe the media is giving people what they want.
Was thinking the same thing
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